Yesh Atid Unveils Election List Following Merger with Bennett's Party

Yesh Atid party chairman Yair Lapid released his party's candidate list for the upcoming elections on Saturday night, following a merger with Naftali Bennett's "Achva" party. The combined list will feature alternating candidates from both parties in key positions.

The top spot on the unified list will be held by the chairman of "Achva," followed by Lapid in second place. Bennett's party will secure the third position, with Merav Ben-Ari of Yesh Atid at fourth. Another Bennett representative will be fifth, and Noam Tibon will be sixth. Two more Bennett representatives will follow Tibon, with Merav Cohen placed ninth. Bennett's party will also fill the tenth and eleventh spots.

Within the Yesh Atid list itself, Lapid is ranked first, followed by faction chairwoman Merav Ben-Ari. Noam Tibon, who joined the party in the last election cycle, is third, and Merav Cohen is fourth. Other candidates on the Yesh Atid list include Ram Ben-Barak, Naor Shiri, Vladimir Beliak, Yorai Lahav-Hertzano, Yasmin Sax-Friedman, Neta Attias, Moshe "Kinley" Tor Paz, Simon Davidson, Shelly Tal Miron, Roni Malkai, and Mati Harkabi.

Yesh Atid noted that 40% of the candidates in the party's top ten are women. Lapid addressed party activists, stating that the chosen candidates bring experience, action, and public commitment. "If we want to fix the country, there is no better way than to give power to these people," Lapid wrote. "They are experienced, they are tough, they know how to work, they are doers, and their hearts are in the right place."

Lapid also commented on the party's recent changes, calling the past week a "display of strength" and emphasizing that "winning teams know how to reinvent themselves." He added that the party has shown Israelis that "there is another way" and has ensured they will be part of the country's leadership for many years to come.